This blog post begins the start of a new category that will overlap with other categories. That category is called social skills and is best described by the definition given at www.businessdictionary.com as the ability to communicate, persuade, and interact with other members of the society, without undue conflict or disharmony.
According to Henrik Edberg at http://www.positivityblog.com there are at a minimum at least eight basic tips on social skills that have been used successfully over a... Read Full Story
Okay so this isn’t really an article but it is an ad for a book that I am promoting through a program called Low Stress Income. The name of the ebook/manual is Investing in You – Beyond the Power of Positive Thinking.
Anyway, here is the sales copy for the manual:
Have you struggled to get the things you want in life?
Have you purchased endless courses and tape sets to learn how to be effective?
We all have.
But are they working for you?
I’m willing to bet that you may have ... Read Full Story
Many times I have referred to Rajesh Setty in this blog, especially referring to information from his book Beyond Code, Learn to distinguish yourself in 9 simple steps!
Rajesh sent me his new book, upbeat, Cultivating the right attitude to thrive in tough times, a few months ago.
When I reviewed Beyond Code, I did it as excerpts relating to personal development. Although, there was a great deal of information in upbeat, that could be related to personal development, I decided for the time bei... Read Full Story
If we don’t discipline ourselves, the world will do it for us. - William Feather
Discipline is a choice not a legacy…
Discipline is nothing more than the process of focusing on any chosen activity without interruption until that activity is complete.
Discipline is something you do and not something you have.
You therefore have the freedom to choose [...] Read Full Story
Change is difficult but often essential to survival. - Les Brown
Sometimes we must make permanent changes in the way we deal with and view certain parts of our lives such as dealing with relationships, weight management, money management and so on. This short blog post is about the main component essential to these changes, that being responsibility.
Making permanent changes in your life requires responsibility. Otherwise that change will be temporary.
That responsibility according to person... Read Full Story
Are you getting what you want?
Anthony Robbins in his book Giant Steps - Small Changes to Make a Big Difference talks about the very real fact that in order for you to get what you want that you must discover what’s been preventing you from taking action. Think of something that you’ve avoided doing until the very last minute.
The example that Anthony gives is of those who put off doing their taxes until the very last minute. But what happens on April 14th? Procrastination disappe... Read Full Story
Proverbs 23:7 states: For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.
This is not your typical article about the Law of Attraction as this is about how the things that cause happiness or unhappiness, positive thoughts and results or negative thoughts and results affect our lives and who we are. Before you can apply the Law of Attraction you must break out of negative thought patterns.
This blog post is about mind-sets and how these mind-sets affect our way of living either positively or negatively... Read Full Story
Occasionally I will do a post on this blog about a product that I believe can help you in someway to improve your life. Energy is a subject of importance to many people. I am not talking about energy such as electrical power rather I am referring to the get up and go that some of us have these days. In other words I am using energy as related to vim and vigor. Ebullient vitality and energy, as in he was full of vim and vigor after that swim. This redundant expression uses both vim and vigor i... Read Full Story
Have the holiday’s got you down? If so here is my Christmas gift to you, 25 Ways To Boost Your Holiday Spirit:
1. Leave a gift certificate on a neighbor’s door.
2. Take a frozen turkey to the local school principal to give to a family in need.
3. Purchase a kids winter coat and give it to the local school principal to give to a family in need. (Don’t forget the hat and gloves!)
4. Gather a group to sing Christmas carols at a local retirement community
5. Bake treats to give away to cowo... Read Full Story
